|
|
Article: 400 years of the Bodleian Library. (Frontline).
- Article from:
- History Today
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 History Today Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
ON NOVEMBER 8th, the Bodleian Library in Oxford will celebrate the 400th anniversary of its opening. Refounded in 1602 on the site of the earlier university library, it has since 1604 borne by royal decree the name of the remarkable man whose endowment remains the greatest benefaction ever received by the University of Oxford.
The first university library, housed in a room above the convocation house next to St Mary's Church, was transferred in 1488 to much grander premises over the new Divinity School to accommodate the gifts of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester. Here, lacking the resources to acquire printed books, it declined until it was finally dispersed by the ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Booked out; Oxford's libraries.(Theme park ...
The Economist (US);
May 21, 2005 ;
700+ words
... ... book-reading venue The Bodleian Library is old, lovely and inefficient OXFORD'S library, the Bodleian ... Radcliffe Camera, probably Oxford's best-known building ... one of the ways in which Oxford makes up for the miserable ...
|
|